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Is This 1 Momentum Stock a Screaming Buy Right Now?
Momentum investors, who live by the saying "the trend is your friend," are most interested in taking advantage of upward or downward trends in a stock's price or earnings outlook. Utilizing one-week price change and the monthly percentage change in earnings estimates, among other factors, the Momentum Style Score can help determine favorable times to buy high-momentum stocks.
Paypal (PYPL)
PayPal has emerged as one of the largest online payment solutions providers on the back of its strong product portfolio and two-sided platform that enables it to offer smooth and secure transaction facility to both customers and merchants.
PYPL is a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold) stock, with a Momentum Style Score of A and VGM Score of A. Shares are down 1.4% over the past one week and up 14.7% over the past four weeks. PYPL has gained 15.2% in the last one-year period as well. Looking at trading volume, an average of 10,004,259 shares exchanged hands over the last 20 trading days.
A company's earnings performance is important for momentum investors as well. For fiscal 2025, 11 analysts revised their earnings estimate higher in the last 60 days for PYPL, while the Zacks Consensus Estimate has increased $0.05 to $5.08 per share. PYPL also boasts an average earnings surprise of 14%.
PYPL should be on investors' short list because of its impressive earnings fundamentals, a good Zacks Rank, and strong Momentum and VGM Style Scores.
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